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28.11.53  We got away from the hotel at 10.45
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and having picked up some goods in the
City began our way out west at noon.
By 1.0 pm we had got through Penrith
and Emu Plains and made our way up
Mitchell's Pass where we stopped at Lennox
Bridge for lunch. There I saw a
STRIATED THORNBILL and another bird
which I could not then identify but
next day found was the ROCK WARBLER.
   We went on slowly through
the towns along the ridge, stopping
once to see Bentley's [guess] Nurseries. We
settled our things into the Ritz Hotel, Leura,
and took a short drive to Echo Point
where we had our first view to the
south of the "Blue Mountains", and [crossed out]
had a short walk round to the cascade.
29.11.53  Was a Sunday and a very quiet
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day spent mostly reading in beautiful
weather in the grounds of the hotel.
Before lunch we went [crossed out]for[/crossed out] in the car
round Cliff Drive, looking at the view